interwiki, renameuser, Administrators
9,194
edits
Changes
m
→Orthodoxy: added link
Eugene joined a community of Orthodox booksellers and publishers called the [[St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood (Platina, California)|St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood]]. The community eventually decided to flee urban modernity into the wildrness of northern California to become [[monasticism|monks]] in 1986. At his [[tonsure]] in 1970, Eugene took the name "Seraphim" and studied for the priesthood during his first years in his rustic cell.
Following his [[ordination ]] as [[hieromonk]], Fr. Seraphim began writing several books, including ''God's Revelation to the Human Heart'', ''Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future'', and ''The Soul After Death''. He also founded the magazine ''The Orthodox Word'', still published today by the Brotherhood. The collective body of work that Fr. Seraphim published was quickly proliferated throughout America upon Fr. Seraphim's death and later in Russia and Eastern Europe upon the fall of atheist Communism in those countries.
As a monk, Fr. Seraphim developed a close relationship with St. [[John Maximovitch]], then [[bishop]] of San Francisco for the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia|Russian Church Abroad]].